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Excel VBA, VLookup on repeated rows and show repeated values

I need to do a vlookup on data that will have repeated instances of the lookup value.

for example

id1
id2
id3

is looking up

id1, data1
id2, data1
id2, data2
id3, data3
id3, data1

Where there is data1, data2, data3, I need to add a row on the source id table for each.
I cannot so a sumif, because I need to show the breakdown of all the repeated id's

Please help

dlmille

I think you need to provide a bit more clarity. Also, can you provide a sample workbook perhaps with your request detailed there?

Dave

newparadigmz

ASKER

This table

ID
3
4
7
8
9

Looks up this table

ID      Info
1      aaples
2      pears
3      carrots
4      ipod
4      zune
4      iphone
5      blackberry
6      mac
7      pc
7      paper
7      rock
8      scissors
9      marker
10      pens

results in this table

ID      Info
3      carrots
4      ipod
4      zune
4      iphone
7      pc
7      paper
7      rock
8      scissors
9      marker

a Lookup with the repeats added in as new rows

dlmille

Ok - where are these tables, or do you hae range names? Or do you want me to make it all up and you can adapt the code?

Dave

newparadigmz

ASKER

2 different workbooks, but i can copy paste move or whatever into 1, just need to do this once, but the second table has 50k lines and the first 4k.

no named ranges, just flat, dumb tables

Also, i just thought of something, table1 has like 5 columns total, and table2 has 20.
Would the easier way be to remove all lines in table2 that dont have the table1 ID and then vlookup the rest of the columns from table1 into table2?

Not a suggestion to you at all, was just wondering if that was good logic in your eyes.

I obviously trust any way you see 1000000% :)

dlmille

>>Also, i just thought of something, table1 has like 5 columns total, and table2 has 20.
Would the easier way be to remove all lines in table2 that dont have the table1 ID and then vlookup the rest of the columns from table1 into table2?

You haven't defined what table 1 and table 2 are, but if they are in the order you posted them, it really doesn't matter. VLOOKUP is supposed to find matches, so it would skip over those that didn't.

For this solution, VLOOKUP will only find the first match, so we need to use the FIND statement to seek the NEXT match (or some other related logic, but I'm using find)

Ok - I trust you can transform this into what you need based on your actual tables.

Here's your code:

Option Explicit

Sub buildTable()
Dim wkb As Workbook
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim rngList As Range
Dim rngIn As Range
Dim rngOut As Range
Dim r As Range
Dim rFind As Range
Dim firstAddress As String

    Set wkb = ThisWorkbook
    Set wks = wkb.ActiveSheet
    
    Set rngList = wks.Range("A2", wks.Range("A" & wks.Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    Set rngIn = wks.Range("C2", wks.Range("C" & wks.Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    
    wks.Range("F2:G" & wks.Rows.Count).ClearContents
    Set rngOut = wks.Range("F2")
    
    For Each r In rngList
        Set rFind = rngIn.Find(what:=r.Value, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole, searchorder:=xlByRows, searchdirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False)
        If Not rFind Is Nothing Then
            firstAddress = rFind.Address
            Do
                rngOut.Value = rFind.Value
                rngOut.Offset(, 1).Value = rFind.Offset(, 1).Value
                Set rngOut = rngOut.Offset(1, 0)
                
                Set rFind = rngIn.Find(what:=r.Value, after:=rFind, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole, searchorder:=xlByRows, searchdirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False)
            Loop While Not rFind Is Nothing And firstAddress <> rFind.Address
        End If
    Next r
End Sub

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See attached demo workbook.

Dave
populateTableFromLookup-r1.xls

newparadigmz

ASKER

Can you please change it so that if it's not found in table 2, it will still show the table1 ID?

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newparadigmz

ASKER

cool, I was hoping it was that, but wasn't sure cause of the second Find statement.

Can you please tell me what that second Find statement is for?

dlmille

The second find, in the loop, is finding the NEXT match that might exist

Option Explicit

Sub buildTable()
Dim wkb As Workbook
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim rngList As Range
Dim rngIn As Range
Dim rngOut As Range
Dim r As Range
Dim rFind As Range
Dim firstAddress As String

    Set wkb = ThisWorkbook
    Set wks = wkb.ActiveSheet
    
    Set rngList = wks.Range("A2", wks.Range("A" & wks.Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    Set rngIn = wks.Range("C2", wks.Range("C" & wks.Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    
    wks.Range("F2:G" & wks.Rows.Count).ClearContents
    Set rngOut = wks.Range("F2")
    
    For Each r In rngList
        Set rFind = rngIn.Find(what:=r.Value, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole, searchorder:=xlByRows, searchdirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False)
        If Not rFind Is Nothing Then
            firstAddress = rFind.Address
            Do
                rngOut.Value = rFind.Value
                rngOut.Offset(, 1).Value = rFind.Offset(, 1).Value
                Set rngOut = rngOut.Offset(1, 0)
                
                Set rFind = rngIn.Find(what:=r.Value, after:=rFind, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole, searchorder:=xlByRows, searchdirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=False)
            Loop While Not rFind Is Nothing And firstAddress <> rFind.Address
        Else
            rngOut.Value = r.Value
            Set rngOut = rngOut.Offset(1, 0)
        End If
    Next r
End Sub

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